A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE 'SCHOLAR AND EMBLEM' OVAL TUREENS, COVERS AND STANDS

CIRCA 1800

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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE 'SCHOLAR AND EMBLEM' OVAL TUREENS, COVERS AND STANDS
circa 1800
Each painted with a lake scene depicting an elaborate pavilion on a promontory beside twinned pine and deciduous trees above a scholar crossing a single-arched bridge towards a second pavilion below dwellings on a smaller island in the distance, the borders with cartouches of ribboned emblems, the body of bombé shape with entwined berried strap handles below the double-domed covers surmounted by a lotus-bud 'mushroom' finial and petal collar, one finial restuck, one stand with rim chip restuck
14¾in. (37.5cm.) wide (2)

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